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Scintillating Evening; Diligent Nine Steps; Minute Deities from history; Sparkling lights, Kids tossing tantrums to Stay away from Sweets. Navratri is a Pack of Colorful Memories! All nine days during Navratri are dedicated to Nine forms of Goddess Shakti. This is high time, where womankind is celebrated by the Indian people![/h]Golu season has been Close to us for centuries now. Penmai Presents you the 4th Annual Golu Contest! We all love to showcase your talent by inviting people over.

Share your photographic Golu pictures here that are captured during these nine nights of Navrathri. Navratri Golu Contest 2015 is all yours.

Contest Rules:

You have to Post the Pictures of your Golu.

Show your Creativity in Golu arrangement; Originality of the Theme & Traditional Takeaways.

Explain the "Theme" of your Golu.

If there is any special in your GOLU please explain that too.

*Optional : If you'd like to add your Golu videos, Share them also.

To participate in this contest, you have to post the picture of the Golu which you have arranged in your home on or before 30th October. You can also participate on behalf of your friends or neighbors, but don't forget to mention their names.

We're Excited to take a [Virtual]tour to visit your Golu Arrangement. And also Your Golu pictures will be published in the Penmai's eMagazine.

Note:

Have to post minimum 3 pictures, Maximum no exception. To know how to add image, pls check here.

Photos quality should be good.

Photos should not be taken from any other websites nor published in other sites. By posting your photos here you are acknowledging that it is your own (or your friends) Golu photo.

Traditionally we do keep grains like rice, dal varieties etc for chettiyar dolls..but i thought in different way..to keep seeds..that gives idea to make "Go Green" in each and every house. By this way the traditional way is not missed and also "something different".

Have Dream

As everyone guess..yes it is to remember our beloved and ever loved Sir Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam..Rameswaram Pamban bridge..thought to do this handmade..and something engineered using empty oodupathi kuzhal..

Newbie

hi friends, i'm new to this blog.Always during navarathri times our house is always crowded with relatives and friends to eagerly see our unique ang massive golu. i also invite all our penmai blog friends to kindly visit our golu.
Always my mom-in-law will create new new things like handmade dolls, furnitures, wire dolls, aarathi plate decoration etc..actually we have four sided golu consisting of Traditional golu(main golu 9 steps), on the other side handmade dolls,on the side side Lord Ganesha(Raja Ganpati), parks with small animals, one side karuda vaagam,and theme golu "Navarathriyil Sivarathri" The story behind the Theme is as follows
A legend explains the all-night worship of Shiva on Shivratri. There was once a poor tribal man who was great devotee of Shiva. One day he went deep into the forest to collect firewood. However he lost his way and could not return home before nightfall. As darkness fell, he heard the growls of wild animals. Terrified, he climbed onto the nearest tree for shelter till day-break. Perched amongst theA legend explains the all-night worship of Shiva on Shivratri. There was once a poor tribal man who was great devotee of Shiva. One day he went deep into the forest to collect firewood. However he lost his way and could not return home before nightfall. As darkness fell, he heard the growls of wild animals. Terrified, he climbed onto the nearest tree for shelter till day-break. Perched amongst the branches, he was afraid he would doze and fall off the tree. To stay awake, he decided to pluck a leaf at a time from the tree and drop it, while chanting the name of Shiva. At dawn, he realized that he had dropped a thousand leaves onto a Linga to keep himself awake, the tribal plucked one leaf at a time from the tree and dropped it below which he had not seen in the dark. The tree happened to be a wood apple or bel tree. This unwitting all-night worship pleased Shiva, by whose grace the tribal was rewarded with divine bliss. This story is also recited on Mahashivaratri by devotees on fast. After observing the all-night fast, devotees eat the Prasad offered to Shiva.